Dr Demeter had the pleasure of being in magical conversation with visionary astrologer Jaime Lee from the USA. Jaime Lee | Intuitive Astrology with Jaime. In our conversation we wove a tapestry of interconnected ideas with each other about plants, planets and bio-dynamic agriculture.
In relation to our conversation about science 'catching up' with sacred cultures, arts and agriculture this quote resonates:
““The New Story emerging in quantum physics tells us that the whole universe is a unified field. Our lives are part of a cosmic web of life which connects all life forms in the universe and on our planet. Every atom of life interacts with every other atom, no matter how distant. We are not only connected through the Internet but through the infinitesimal particles of sub-atomic matter. We are part of an ‘Infinitude of Consciousness’ which sustains not only our world, but the entire universe. This restores the original cosmology of the Great Mother at a new level of understanding.”
For thousands of years across all cultures humans have had an intrinsic interconnection with the stars, their agricultural practices and with their own bodily rhythms. Modernity has brought a mechanistic and industrial way of living that has disconnected us from our innate connection with life. We are now at a crucial point in our planets ‘herstory’ / ‘history’ to define are role as humans on Gaia.
Gaia, The Oxford English Dictionary defines this as “the global ecosystem, understood to function in the manner of a vast self-regulating organism, in the context of which all living things collectively define and maintain the conditions conducive for life on earth”.
Through my practices of herbalism, astrology and biodynamics, I am observing the tangible interconnectedness of life systems, as above so below. The diagram below is an illustration of just some of these connections and an exploration into the beauty and phenomenology of life rhythms. I look forward to continuing my observations, learnings and beautiful experiences through my connection to these activities.
The interconnectedness of Life, through practices and lens of astronomy, astrology, biodynamics, herbalism and holistic health.
“Lovelock’s Gaia theory states that, for much of the past 3.8 billion years, a holistic feedback system has played out in the biosphere, with life forms regulating temperature and proportions of gases in the atmosphere to life’s advantage”
Earth system science is now firmly established as a valuable intellectual framework for understanding the only planet known to harbour life, and increasingly vulnerable to the unthinking actions of one species. Colleagues and co-authors acknowledge that the argument continues, but endorse the importance of Lovelock and Margulis”. Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01969-y
Planets and their dance around the Earth
Biodynamics agricultural practices offer a tangible way for engaging with Gaia and the Cosmos.
Herbalism is another way of engaging into life systems. Plants teach us the ‘way’ of Gaia. As illustrated in the following meme, books can teach us in theory about the phenomenology of life and the medicinal benefits of plants. However plants growing around us go that extra way of teaching us about life systems, leading to us going deeper within ourselves and connecting to life in new ways than before. This is one theory about why ancient cultures knew which plants were connected to each planet because of being tuned on intuitive levels as well as more subtle observations about planetary positions and plant activations in correlation.